~ George Eliot, English novelist ~ These red leaves seen at the Dallas Arboretum were fascinating and didn't see a name for them, but hopefully someone will know it. I thought they might be part of the red maple family ~ Happy ROY Day ~ George Elliot ~ Wikipedia Mary Anne (Mary Ann, Marian) Evans (22 November 1819 – 22 December 1880), better known by her pen name George Eliot, was an English novelist, journalist and translator, and one of the leading writers of the Victorian era. She is the author of seven novels, including Adam Bede (1859), The Mill on the Floss (1860), Silas Marner (1861), Middlemarch (1871–72), and Daniel Deronda (1876), most of them set in provincial England and well known for their realism and psychological insight. She used a male pen name, she said, to ensure her works be taken seriously. Female authors were published under their own names during Eliot's life, but she wanted to escape the stereotype of women only writing lighthearted romances. An additional factor in her use of a pen name may have been a desire to shield her private life from public scrutiny and to prevent scandals attending her relationship with the married George Henry Lewes, with whom she lived for over 20 years.

Each morning my wild river allows me to discover the Beauty in me...!!! My wild river reflection …!!! An impressionnist photo safari concentrated mainly on a daily basis (or almost) on my small piece of planet of 55 000 square feet …!!! A Thoreau "waldennienne" approach …!!! ____________________________ A propos de la beaute...!!! Chaque matin ma riviere me permet de decouvrir la Beaute en moi...!!! Reflet de ma riviere sauvage …!!! Un safari photo impressioniste au quotidien concentre essentiellement (ou presque) sur un petit morceau de planete de 55 000 pieds carres ...!!! Une demarche "waldennienne" a la Thoreau …!!!